John Sanderson, Scottish-born South African botanist and horticulturist (Greenock, near Glasgow 16 October 1820 – Durban 04 March 1881)

DESCRIBED PLANTAE TAXA

Aerides savageana 1891

Heliconia sanderi 1899

Watsonia ardernei 1899

SOME BIBLIOGRAPHY

Authored the report of his voyages in J. Roy. Geogr. Soc. 30:233-55, 1860

Rough notes on the flora of Natal (1868)

Notes in connection with stone implements from Natal. J. Anthr. Inst. (1878)

HONORS 

Sandersonia Hooker 1853 (Colchicaeae)